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I’m With My Conservative Friends, Bring Back The 1950’s (as seen on TV)

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

A nation of 2 parent homes, white picket fences on every street, the local cop on foot-patrol who stops at your door from time to time just to say, "Hi"...I can get on-board with all of it. Now, if my conservative friends will just meet me half way and agree to ...

Yesterday I Couldn’t Spell Senator, Today I Are One…

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

The state of Utah is apparently considering the elimination of the 12th grade from public schooling. A movement headed by state senator Chris Buttars, seeing it as a viable (and smart???) way to address the state's budget gap. While the knee-jerk reaction to the Buttars plan might be to say "What ...

The State of the Union – We’re Doomed!

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Yes, we're doomed, and it may just be Steve Jobs's fault. Like many of my fellow news and political junkie friends, I watched President Obama give his State of the Union Address last night with my eyes and ears focused on every syllable he uttered. I watched for every scripted, "spontaneous ...

Megan McArdle Has It Wrong On Medicine and Innovation

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Megan McArdle made a lengthy posting on the Atlantic a few days ago where she laid out her opposition to national health care. After reading through it twice now, and forcing myself to ignore that her opposition appears to be more against government involvement in people's lives than ...

Coverage of the News

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_248" align="alignleft" width="303" caption="Covering The News"][/caption] Having been jilted (canceled on) by CNBC's Rick Santelli who was scheduled to appear as a guest, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart took less than 9 minutes of air time to not just mock Santelli and all of CNBC, but he also illustrated a ...